Home > On alert: New opioids and benzos in Scotland’s drugs supply (SDF Webinar).

Scottish Drugs Forum. (2023) On alert: New opioids and benzos in Scotland’s drugs supply (SDF Webinar). Scottish Drugs Forum.

External website: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSDNPaW4qQ4


Speakers: 00:00:00 - 00:14:03 - Nicki Killeen, Emerging Drug Trend Project Manager, Health Service Executive (Ireland) Recent changes to the drug supply in Ireland including the supply of substances mixed with nitazenes; the coordination of the response, ongoing monitoring and the preparation of guidance.

00:14:03 - 00:24:59 - Tony Duffin, CEO Ana Liffey, Dublin The experience of frontline services in planning for and reacting to changes in Irish drug supply and the increase in drug overdoses in Dublin.

00:24:59 - 00:35:23 - Lynn Jefferys, Operations Manager, European Network of People Who Use Drugs An overview of the situation across Europe, the impact on people who use drugs and what people need.

00:35:23 - 00:47:50 - Vicki Craik, Public Health Intelligence Adviser, Public Health Scotland Insight into what is going on in Scotland including the latest data on the supply of nitazenes and novel benzodiazepines and their involvement in harms including deaths.

00:47:50 - 00:59:03 - Q&A Chair: Kirsten Horsburgh, CEO, Scottish Drugs Forum SDF has worked with service providers and other stakeholders to develop information resources for people at risk of overdose due to the introduction of synthetic opioids, including nitazenes into the drug supply.

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